"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
The Game - (Neil Strauss) Movie
- Thread starter King Tuz
- Start date
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
thefonz
Master Don Juan
flippinfreak
Master Don Juan
I can see it being a total flop and being reminescent of Hitch.
brucevangeorge
Banned
If that's the case, then its going to make a great Movie. Probably gonna be along the same lines as his current movie... ya know, the wrestling monk?thefonz said:
"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
Dover
Don Juan
I'll bet someone has already posted in this thread who hasn't implemented anything from our community.
The movie will not affect anyone who has a strong inner game in the slightest bit.
The movie will help sales of mystery method and david deangelo etc.
Apparantly Val Kilmer is playing Mystery. Thats as much as I've heard.
three12.
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Mystery: Remember what we taught you Neil. It's time to make your first approach.
Style: Hey HB11, did you see those two girls fighting outside?
HB11: **** me now Neil!
Style: Ok.
Looks awesome!
flippinfreak
Master Don Juan
:crackup: :crackup:VegasGuy56 said:
"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.